Coordinator:

Prof. Stefan Nolte

Lecturers

Prof. Stefan Nolte, Dr. Roland Ackermann

Lectures / Seminars

• Lectures: moodle upload on Monday, +  MS Teams meeting on Monday 2 pm (s.t.)
• Seminar: MS Teams meeting on Friday 10 am (s.t.)
  Further information on moodle.

Contents of the course

The course gives an introduction into the basic mechanisms of laser-tissue interactions.
Different laser technologies will be presented. Their application in different fields of clinical
medicine and diagnostics will be discussed.

The following topics will be covered:

• Laser systems for the application in medicine
• Beam guiding systems and optical medical devices
• Optical properties of tissue
• Thermal properties of tissue
• Photochemical interaction
• Vaporisation/coagulation
• Photoablation
• Photodisruption, nonlinear optics
• Laser-based imaging
• Clinical applications
• Nanophotonics in medicine

Requirements to complete the module:

• to be announced in the lecture

Exam dates

• Mo 13.07. 2020